The Performance Report - Articles - Executive Development

Give Your Communication a Hook

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EDT

In your career, you need to stand out from the crowd. You need to make your ideas memorable and persuasive. Making your ideas "sticky" can help you in many forums, whether it is communicating more effectively with your team, other managers or with prospective business partners. Read on to find out what will make your communication sticky.

Leadership on Steroids

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Are you putting emotional intelligence to work? It is an increasingly important ability that can be utilized in times of transition or stress, in order to lead an organization through a difficult time. At times, talent and experience are not enough to be a successful leader; now we understand that emotional intelligence has a vital role in people who become successful.

Decisions, Decisions: How to Take the Leap

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Decision making should be second nature by now, right? You’ve had years of practice, and yet, there are some ‘Yield’ signs that we all miss sometimes along the way. Here are a couple of the glaring decision crossroads to look out for.

The Producers: Empowering Followers Through Delegation

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:30:00 EST

Are you a Producer? If you are reading the Performance Report, then you probably are. Managers or executives have already proven that they are producers. But if you are a producer who can delegate effectively, then your accomplishments far exceed your efforts, because those you foster will also be producers for you, exponentially increasing your output.

Executive Team Stalemate

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST

Are times when no matter how much it deliberates, the executive team hits a decision making stalemate, and it is up so the CEO to be a tie-breaker.This is a difficult position to be in, because it results in the CEO being the killjoy of everyone’s ideas.Harvard Business Review calls this the dictator by default syndrome.

How can teams be expected to reach a collective decision based on individual preferences, anyway?

Change Management

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EDT

What does “Change Control” mean to you? Is change in your organization ever “controlled?” This concept has always been a critical part of software development. Indeed, Change Control is actually written into the development plan! We should all embrace this practice of putting allowances for change right into the project plan, not just in the area of software development. No matter how thorough the business analysis job or how complete the project plan, there's always something that needs to be changed or added after the fact. There will be change. So, there needs to be an orderly process for incorporating changes, corrections or fixes. And the smart manager has the courage to mandate a change control process.

Executive Execution: Getting Things Done

no@spam.com (Super Admin) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

You’ve heard it many times before; “We’ve got an important and attainable business goal.We know what we need to do.Now let’s do it!”With all of the plans and strategies that we have in place, why do we have so much trouble actually getting things done?

Many business leaders spend their resources on learning about and disseminating the latest management techniques. It is clearly more popular for leaders to spend their energy on high-level strategy versus on implementation.We’ve all heard people say, “I’m the idea guy.”Well, the “idea guy” is important, but his ability to actually implement those ideas is often lacking, and this is when it becomes difficult to execute his plans.